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Lexicon :: Strong's H6629 - ṣō'n

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צֹאן
Transliteration
ṣō'n
Pronunciation
tsone
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Part of Speech
collective feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning to migrate
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TWOT Reference: 1864a

Strong’s Definitions

צֹאן tsôʼn, tsone; or צאוֹן tsʼôwn; (Psalm 144:13), from an unused root meaning to migrate; a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men):—(small) cattle, flock (+ -s), lamb (+ -s), sheep(-cote, -fold, -shearer, -herds).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 274x

The KJV translates Strong's H6629 in the following manner: flock (138x), sheep (110x), cattle (15x), shepherd (with H7462) (2x), lamb (with H1121) (2x), lamb (1x), sheep (with H4480) (1x), sheepcotes (with H1448) (1x), sheepfold (with H1448) (1x), sheepfold (with H4356) (1x), sheepshearers (with H1494) (1x), shepherd (with H7462) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 274x
The KJV translates Strong's H6629 in the following manner: flock (138x), sheep (110x), cattle (15x), shepherd (with H7462) (2x), lamb (with H1121) (2x), lamb (1x), sheep (with H4480) (1x), sheepcotes (with H1448) (1x), sheepfold (with H1448) (1x), sheepfold (with H4356) (1x), sheepshearers (with H1494) (1x), shepherd (with H7462) (1x).

  1. small cattle, sheep, sheep and goats, flock, flocks

    1. small cattle (usually of sheep and goats)

    2. of multitude (simile)

    3. of multitude (metaphor)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
צֹאן tsôʼn, tsone; or צאוֹן tsʼôwn; (Psalm 144:13), from an unused root meaning to migrate; a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men):—(small) cattle, flock (+ -s), lamb (+ -s), sheep(-cote, -fold, -shearer, -herds).
STRONGS H6629: Abbreviations
צֹאן 273 collective noun feminineGenesis 30:36 (possibly masculine Genesis 30:39a +, KöSynt. § 247 g, but dubious, Genesis 30:39b with verb feminine plural, as usually; in 1 Samuel 15:14 join הַוֶּה with קוֺל; see further AlbrZAW xv (1895), 316 ff.) small cattle, sheep and goats, flock, flocks; — ׳צ absolute Genesis 4:2 +; construct Genesis 29:9 +; suffix ֺצאֹנו Genesis 4:4 +; ּצאֹנֵנו Exodus 10:9, ּצאֹונֵו Psalm 144:13; as plural ֺצאֹנֵינו Nehemiah 10:37 van d. H. Gi (not Baer; very late, si vera lectio), etc.; —
1. literally
a. small cattle, usually of sheep and goats in one flock (RobBR i. 477) Genesis 30:31, 32 +; sheep specified also Genesis 21:28 (ּ׳כִּבְשׂת הַצ), Genesis 31:28 (׳אֵילֵי צ) +; sheep only 1 Samuel 25:2 (+ עִוִּים); goats specified Genesis 27:9; Jeremiah 50:8; ׳צ as yielding
(1) animals for food Amos 6:4 (בָּרִים), 1 Samuel 14:32; 2 Samuel 12:4; Nehemiah 5:18 +; מַאְַבָל ׳צ Psalm 44:12 (in simile);
(2) wool Genesis 31:19 + (see [גָּזַז], גֵּז);
(3) milk, ׳חֲלֵב צ Deuteronomy 32:14 (? goats' milk, compare Proverbs 27:27);
(4) sacrificial victims Genesis 4:4 (J), Leviticus 1:2, 10; Leviticus 3:6; Numbers 15:3 (all P), Numbers 22:40 (E), Deuteronomy 12:6, 17, 21 + often; so צאֹן קָדָשִׁים Ezekiel 36:38 a, compare בְקָרֵינוּ וְצאֹנֵינוּ בְּכוֺרֵי Nehemiah 10:37; in general as property (often + בָּקָר, etc.) Genesis 12:16; Genesis 13:5; Genesis 24:35; Job 1:3; Job 42:12 + often (see also II. [עַשְׁתָּרוֺת]); gift Genesis 20:14; Genesis 21:27; Genesis 38:17 (goat), Deuteronomy 15:14; 2 Chronicles 17:11; booty 1 Samuel 15:9, 15 +.
b. ׳צ sometimes of a definite number of animals (i.e. as plural of שֶׂה, etc.): two Isaiah 7:21, four Exodus 21:37 (larger numbers see 1 Samuel 25:2, 5, 18; Numbers 31:32, 36; Nehemiah 5:18; Job 1:3; Job 42:12 above). — See also בֵּן 7b; גְּדֵרָה, מִכְלָה, מַרְבֵּץ, נָוֶה, עֵדֶר; כֶלֶב, רֹצֶה, שַׁצֵר.
2. simile of multitude Ezekiel 36:37, 38, compare Psalm 107:41; of children Job 21:11; of dead, with death as shepherd Psalm 49:15; of (shepherdless) Israel Numbers 27:17; 1 Kings 22:17 2 Chronicles 18:16; Zechariah 10:2; Zechariah 13:7, wandering in sin Isaiah 53:6; of Israel led by ׳י Psalm 77:21; Psalm 78:52; Psalm 80:2, compare Zechariah 9:16 (on text see We Now); Ezekiel 34:12; of Israel in distress, טִבְחָת ׳כְּצ Psalm 44:23, compare (of wicked) לְטִבְתָה ׳צ Jeremiah 12:3; of scattered Babylonian Isaiah 13:14.
3. metaphor of multitude, אָרָם ׳צ Ezekiel 36:38; of Israel 2 Samuel 24:17 = 1 Chronicles 21:17; Jeremiah 23:1, 2, 3; Ezekiel 24:5, and especially sustained figurative Ezekiel 34:2, 3 + 17 times in Ezekiel 34, also Zechariah 11:7, 17; אֹבְדוֺת ׳צ Jeremiah 50:6, ְתִּפְאַרְתֵך ׳צ Jeremiah 13:20; of Israel under ׳י's care, (ֹ־ו, ִ֯י) מַרְעִיתֶ֑ךָד ׳צ Psalm 74:1; Psalm 79:13; Psalm 100:3; Ezekiel 34:31, also ֺיָדו ׳צ Psalm 95:7(|| ֿמַרְעִיתוֺעַם; read perhaps ֺמַרְעִיתו ׳צ, ֺצַם יָדו, so Che and others); ָנַחֲלָתֶך ׳צ Micah 7:14; also in combinations: ֵּ׳אַדִּירֵי הַצ Jeremiah 25:34, 35, 36, חַהֲרֵגָה ׳צ Zechariah 11:4, 7 (compare Psalm 44:23), ּ׳עֲנִיֵּי הַצ Psalm 44:7; Psalm 44:11 (all of Israel); of Edom ּ׳צְעִירֵי הַ צ Jeremiah 49:20; Jeremiah 50:45.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

4:2; 4:4; 4:4; 12:16; 13:5; 20:14; 21:27; 21:28; 24:35; 27:9; 29:9; 30:31; 30:32; 30:36; 30:39; 30:39; 31:19; 31:28; 38:17

Exodus

10:9

Leviticus

1:2; 1:10; 3:6

Numbers

15:3; 22:40; 27:17; 31:32; 31:36

Deuteronomy

12:6; 12:17; 12:21; 15:14; 32:14

1 Samuel

14:32; 15:9; 15:14; 15:15; 25:2; 25:2; 25:5; 25:18

2 Samuel

12:4; 24:17

1 Kings

22:17

1 Chronicles

21:17

2 Chronicles

17:11; 18:16

Nehemiah

5:18; 5:18; 10:37; 10:37

Job

1:3; 1:3; 21:11; 42:12; 42:12

Psalms

44:7; 44:11; 44:12; 44:23; 44:23; 49:15; 74:1; 78:52; 79:13; 80:2; 95:7; 100:3; 107:41; 144:13

Proverbs

27:27

Isaiah

7:21; 13:14; 53:6

Jeremiah

12:3; 13:20; 23:1; 23:2; 23:3; 25:34; 25:35; 25:36; 49:20; 50:6; 50:8; 50:45

Ezekiel

24:5; 34; 34:2; 34:3; 34:12; 34:31; 36:37; 36:38; 36:38; 36:38

Amos

6:4

Micah

7:14

Zechariah

9:16; 10:2; 11:4; 11:7; 11:7; 11:17; 13:7

H6629

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Strong's Number H6629 matches the Hebrew צֹאן (ṣō'n),
which occurs 274 times in 247 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 5 (Deu 28:31–2Ch 18:16)

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:31

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:31 - Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep H6629 shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to rescue them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:51

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:51 - And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, H6629 until he have destroyed thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:14 - Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, H6629 with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:24 - And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, H6629 and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them unto the valley of Achor.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:17 - He will take the tenth of your sheep: H6629 and ye shall be his servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:32 - And the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, H6629 and oxen, and calves, and slew them on the ground: and the people did eat them with the blood.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:9 - But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, H6629 and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:14 - And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep H6629 in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:15 - And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep H6629 and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:21 - But the people took of the spoil, sheep H6629 and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God in Gilgal.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 16:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:11 - And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. H6629 And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come hither.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 16:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:19 - Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, which is with the sheep. H6629

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:15 - But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep H6629 at Bethlehem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:20 - And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep H6629 with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the trench, as the host was going forth to the fight, and shouted for the battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:28 - And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep H6629 in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:34 - And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, H6629 and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 24:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:3 - And he came to the sheepcotes H6629 by the way, where was a cave; and Saul went in to cover his feet: and David and his men remained in the sides of the cave.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:2 - And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, H6629 and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep H6629 in Carmel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:4 - And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep. H6629

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:16 - They were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep. H6629

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:18 - Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep H6629 ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 27:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:9 - And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, H6629 and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:20 - And David took all the flocks H6629 and the herds, which they drave before those other cattle, and said, This is David's spoil.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 7:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:8 - Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, H6629 to be ruler over my people, over Israel:

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:2 - The rich man had exceeding many flocks H6629 and herds:

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:4 - And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock H6629 and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:29 - And honey, and butter, and sheep, H6629 and cheese of kine, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:17 - And David spake unto the LORD when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: but these sheep, H6629 what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father's house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:9 - And Adonijah slew sheep H6629 and oxen and fat cattle by the stone of Zoheleth, which is by Enrogel, and called all his brethren the king's sons, and all the men of Judah the king's servants:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:19 - And he hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep H6629 in abundance, and hath called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the host: but Solomon thy servant hath he not called.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:25 - For he is gone down this day, and hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep H6629 in abundance, and hath called all the king's sons, and the captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they eat and drink before him, and say, God save king Adonijah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:23 - Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, H6629 beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:5 - And king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled unto him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep H6629 and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:63

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:63 - And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered unto the LORD, two and twenty thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep. H6629 So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:17 - And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, as sheep H6629 that have not a shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master: let them return every man to his house in peace.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 5:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:26 - And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, H6629 and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:39 - And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks. H6629

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:41 - And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smote their tents, and the habitations that were found there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their rooms: because there was pasture there for their flocks. H6629

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 5:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:21 - And they took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep H6629 two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of men an hundred thousand.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:40 - Moreover they that were nigh them, even unto Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, and meat, meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep H6629 abundantly: for there was joy in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 17:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:7 - Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, even from following the sheep, H6629 that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:17 - And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed; but as for these sheep, H6629 what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, O LORD my God, be on me, and on my father's house; but not on thy people, that they should be plagued.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 27:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:31 - And over the flocks H6629 was Jaziz the Hagerite. All these were the rulers of the substance which was king David's.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 5:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:6 - Also king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that were assembled unto him before the ark, sacrificed sheep H6629 and oxen, which could not be told nor numbered for multitude.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 7:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:5 - And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep: H6629 so the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 14:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:15 - They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep H6629 and camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 15:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:11 - And they offered unto the LORD the same time, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep. H6629

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 17:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:11 - Also some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents, and tribute silver; and the Arabians brought him flocks, H6629 seven thousand and seven hundred rams, and seven thousand and seven hundred he goats.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 18:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:2 - And after certain years he went down to Ahab to Samaria. And Ahab killed sheep H6629 and oxen for him in abundance, and for the people that he had with him, and persuaded him to go up with him to Ramothgilead.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 18:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:16 - Then he said, I did see all Israel scattered upon the mountains, as sheep H6629 that have no shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master; let them return therefore every man to his house in peace.

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